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The Memorial Tunnel is a 2,802 feet (854 m) two-lane vehicular tunnel that formerly carried the West Virginia Turnpike through/under Paint Creek Mountain in Standard, West Virginia in Kanawha County. [1]
Originally known as Memorial Tunnel, the tunnel formerly carried West Virginia Turnpike through/under Paint Creek Mountain in Standard, West Virginia in Kanawha County. Its construction required the movement of 91,000 cubic yards (70,000 m 3) of earth, and was the first tunnel in the nation to have closed-circuit television monitoring.
Memorial Tunnel, abandoned and bypassed 2-lane road tunnel, 2,802 feet (854 m), formerly West Virginia Turnpike/I-77 Tunnel No. 1, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad , Wheeling [ 50 ] Wheeling Tunnel , twin tunnels, 0.27 miles (430 m), I-70 , Wheeling
The East River Mountain Tunnel is a 5,412-foot (1,650 m) vehicular tunnel that carries Interstate 77 (I-77) and U.S. Route 52 (US 52) through East River Mountain between Bluefield, West Virginia, and Rocky Gap, Virginia.
Pages in category "Road tunnels in West Virginia" ... Memorial Tunnel; W. Wheeling Tunnel This page was last edited on 19 December 2024, at 00:14 ...
I-77 enters West Virginia from Virginia via the East River Mountain Tunnel, running concurrently with US Route 52 (US 52). It surfaces in Mercer County to the east of Bluefield as a four-lane freeway. I-77's first exit in West Virginia is 0.6 miles (0.97 km) north of the state line; US 52 leaves the highway here.
A woman on TikTok has gained notoriety for an unusual home improvement project: digging a tunnel that is 30 feet long and 20 feet deep under her suburban home.
The Memorial Tunnel on the West Virginia Turnpike was bypassed in 1987 to complete upgrading that highway to Interstate standards. Unlike the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the West Virginia Turnpike was built two lanes for its entire length, and needed an additional two lanes in order to get the I-77 and I-64 designations.